Diabetes walk nets $100,000 in Miami

More than 800 residents participated in the American Diabetes Association’s “Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes” Sept. 21, raising more than $100,000 to prevent and cure diabetes and improve those affected by diabetes.

Nearly 26 million including 200,000 in Miami-Dade are afflicted with and among an estimated 18.8 million diagnosed, seven million are unaware they have the disease. If current trends continue, one in three American adults will have diabetes by 2050, the Association estimates.

For more information, tel. 1-800- DIABETES (1-800-342-2383) or visit <www.diabetes.org> where information is available in English and Spanish.